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1.__Revocable trust; direction of settlor.__While a trust is
revocable, the trustee may follow a direction of the settlor that
is contrary to the terms of the trust.

 
2.__Directions of person conferred power to direct trustee.__
If the terms of a trust confer upon a person other than the
settlor of a revocable trust power to direct certain actions of
the trustee, the trustee shall act in accordance with an exercise
of the power unless the attempted exercise is manifestly contrary
to the terms of the trust or the trustee knows the attempted
exercise would constitute a serious breach of a fiduciary duty
that the person holding the power owes to the beneficiaries of
the trust.

 
3.__Modification or termination.__The terms of a trust may
confer upon a trustee or other person a power to direct the
modification or termination of the trust.

 
4.__Power to direct; fiduciary duty.__A person, other than a
beneficiary, who holds a power to direct is presumptively a
fiduciary who, as such, is required to act in good faith with
regard to the purposes of the trust and the interests of the
beneficiaries. The holder of a power to direct is liable for any
loss that results from breach of a fiduciary duty.

 
§809.__Control and protection of trust property

 
A trustee shall take reasonable steps to take control of and
protect the trust property.

 
§810.__Record keeping and identification of trust property

 
1.__Adequate records of administration.__A trustee shall keep
adequate records of the administration of the trust.

 
2.__Separation of property.__A trustee shall keep trust
property separate from the trustee's own property.

 
3.__Interest of trust, records.__Except as otherwise provided
in subsection 4, a trustee not subject to federal or state
banking regulation shall cause the trust property to be
designated so that the interest of the trust, to the extent
feasible, appears in records maintained by a party other than a
trustee or beneficiary to whom the trustee has delivered the
property.

 
4.__Two or more trusts.__If the trustee maintains records
clearly indicating the respective interests, a trustee may invest
as a whole the property of 2 or more separate trusts.


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